Crossword for Fri, 9/Jul/2010

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Across
1: Kiln in western state, near the shore (7)

5: Played Bingo at the French base (7)

9: Love on night shift (7)

10: Bill, in a manner of speaking (7)

11: One later enters, like, with matching sides (11)

13: Person with fixed notions is pretty sore, upset about the introduction of Ebonics (11)

15: Sadly curtail urge for land cultivation (11)

18: Fancied poem composed in comfort (5,2,4)

21: Several variety shows (7)

22: Climactic age opal tossed (7)

23: Computer screen is OK with time sped up (7)

24: Reports of incursions from Thailand lead to angry outbursts (7)
Down
1: Think at length about lost planet, comet (11)

2: Surprise running through bras to underpants (7)

3: Taste test (5)

4: This food won't give you a heavy feeling (5,4)

5: Colder here in Paris emergency room (5)

6: Minor work taking half a month - an endless epistle (9)

7: Gambler in the middle to call and raise (5,2)

8: Sheep to start wallowing in ease (3)

12: Pretty girl takes part in outdoor cooking? No just toys (6, 5).

13: Copy hasn't disturbed yes-man (9)

14: Giddy Texan rube gets out of hand (9)

16: Awfully servile experiences again (7)

17: It's over, over, over, kept apart by past payment (7)

19: African leader reversed stance on fabled writer (5)

20: Meal for 4 divided by 50 (5)

21: Bloody bored inside (3)




Solution (Reversed)
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